Born in 1885 in Kent, Malcolm Campbell grew up to have an obsession with speed after discovering the joys of motorbikes while working in Germany. He also had a talent for it, winning the 1906, 1907, and 1908 London to Land's End trials. He migrated to cars, entering races from 1910 at the world-famous Brooklands track, before [...]
We had a look at Germania Mint's Golden Eagle bullion coin series a few times in the past, the last time back in July when we had images of a sample one-ounce bullion coin that Germania Mint had kindly sent us. The design is one that doesn't change on a yearly basis, mainly because, unlike most [...]
Malta, and the Mint of Poland celebrates some of Europe's iconic city clockfaces, with seven silver coins, starting in the Czech capital, Prague The Mint of Poland's latest series of silver coins, is to be themed around showcasing some of the iconic city hall clock faces from around Europe, and will consist of seven, one-ounce [...]
AgAuSHOOT: Germania Mint brings Renaissance astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus to Maltese coins with a new range After a successful run of coins in their 'Knights of the Past' series, Germania Mint continues its partnership with the Mediterranean island of Malta with a new coin depicting Nicolaus Copernicus. The Polish polymath, astronomer, and mathematician, came to prominence [...]
AgAuShoot: Germania Mint to launch a new bullion coin for Malta. We have our images, and a coin to give away Having built up a world based around the ancient historical provinces of Germania using multiple interwoven series of bullion coins, it now seems Germania Mint has set its sights on enhancing its collaboration with the [...]
" I am the Great Cornholio, I need T.P. for my bunghole". Beavis & Butthead Do Numismatics... South Park, Family Guy, Archer, and Rick & Morty, are all proof it isn't just kids that can have some fun with animated TV shows. Crude, crass, and often very cutting with current affairs, and societal issues, they're brilliantly [...]
Along with their Robert Lewandowski, and The Witcher series, both extensive in scope, the Mint of Gdańsk recently added the seminal Polish science-fiction author, Stanislaw Lem to its portfolio. A quartet of quite superb silver coins kicked off the programme, with the promise of a pair of gold coins, and a pair of silver coin statues to come. The [...]
Polish science-fiction legend, Stanislaw Lem, embarks on a multi-year, multi-format coin program, starting with his opus, 'Solaris' On any list of the greatest science-fiction authors of all time, you'll probably find Polish writer, Stanislaw Lem. Many of his works, including Solaris, the most well-known, dealt with a human failure to communicate with alien intelligence, and [...]
Germania Mint's 'Knight of Malta' returns with a coin looking at the pivotal 16th-century Great Siege of Malta It what just last year that Germania Mint announced a deal to design and mint coins for the Mediterranean island of Malta. We don't see much in the way of precious metal numismatics from Malta, so going outside [...]
Germania Mint and the Bank of Malta join forces for their new Knights of the Past silver bullion series We're admirers of what the Germania Mint has achieved over the last few years. They've built a cohesive coin range, running from bullion coins, to some beautiful numismatics, all themed around the semi-historical region of 'Germania'. They [...]
